Breitmann In Holland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBADAD AEFGHIJI CKLKCKMK NKCKOPAP KOOOAJOJ OOOCAEOE CJOJAHCO KAKAPAAA KJKJOJAJ JJOAKAGA OKOKAAOA AAAAACKC PAPAKCAC| To Amsterd m came Breitmann | A |
| All in de Kermes tide | B |
| Yonge Maegden allegader | C |
| Filled de straat on afery side | B |
| De meisjes in de straaten | A |
| Vere tantzin alle nacht long | D |
| Dere vas kissen dere vas trinken | A |
| Mit a roar of Holland song | D |
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| Who went into de straaten | A |
| Ven de sonn had gone his day | E |
| De Dootch gals quickly grapped him | F |
| Und tantzed him wild avay | G |
| Dere was der Prinz von Capua | H |
| Who fell among dese wags | I |
| Dey tantzed him off in a carmagnole | J |
| Und sent him home in rags | I |
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| Und den at afery gorner | C |
| So peaudifool to see | K |
| De volk vas bilin dough nuts | L |
| Or else vas fryin tea | K |
| Und Kermes cakes mit boetry | C |
| Vitch land volk dinks a dreat | K |
| Mit all of Barnum's blayed out shows | M |
| In dents along de shdreet | K |
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| Id pring de tears to Breitmann's eyes | N |
| To find in many a shtand | K |
| Vot oft he'd baid a quarder for | C |
| To see in a distand land | K |
| De Aztec dwins und de Siamese | O |
| Dough soom vere a wachsen sham | P |
| Mit de Beardet Frau und de Bear Woman | A |
| All here in Amsterdam | P |
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| De fashion here in Nederland | K |
| Ish not vot you'd soopose | O |
| Mit oos men bays de vomens | O |
| Boot de Dootch gals hires deir beaux | O |
| Dey hire dem for de season | A |
| Und because moosh rain ish fell | J |
| Dey alvays bays a higher brice | O |
| For a man mit an umberell | J |
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| Und dere vas Nord Hollander maids | O |
| So woonderfool to see | O |
| Mit caps of gold und goldne pins | O |
| Und quaint orf verie | C |
| Likewise de Zeeland Boersmen | A |
| Mit silber bootons gay | E |
| Und silber belts und silber knives | O |
| Mijn Gott how sdrange vere dey | E |
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| But dough de men wore silber gear | C |
| Und de vrouws in gold were tall | J |
| De gals vere gabblin all de dimes | O |
| Und de men said noding at all | J |
| Dey say dat sbeech is silbern | A |
| Boot silence golden pe | H |
| Dat aint de vay dey vork id here | C |
| Said Breitemann said he | O |
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| Goot Gott how Breitmann vent it | K |
| In moonlighdt or in rain | A |
| Den vakened to Schied m it | K |
| Ven de mornin peamed again | A |
| For to solfe von awfool broplem | P |
| He vas efer shdill incline | A |
| If den wijn is beter als de min | A |
| Or de min doet veel meer als de wijn | A |
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| Dwo weeks der Breitmann studiet | K |
| Vile he vent it on de howl | J |
| He shpree so moosh to find de troot | K |
| Dat he lookt like a bi led owl | J |
| Den he say Ik wil honor Bacchus | O |
| So long as ik leven shall | J |
| Boot not so moosh vercieren | A |
| As to blace him ofer all | J |
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| De rose of lofe is lofely | J |
| In zomer ven it plow | J |
| De bush shdill gifes a bromise | O |
| In winter mid de shnow | A |
| Ja als de bloeme is geplukt | K |
| En van den steel genomen | A |
| Ve know de peautiful vill life | G |
| Till zomer is gekomen | A |
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| Boot oh dose vas arch heafenly dimes | O |
| Ven by mine lofe I sat | K |
| Und see de maedchen pring de grapes | O |
| Und crash dem in a vat | K |
| Und ven her glances unto mine | A |
| In plessfool ropture toorn | A |
| I dink dere ne'er vas no dwo crapes | O |
| Like dem plue eyes of hern | A |
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| Wat is soeter als de trinken | A |
| Ja niet kan beter zyn | A |
| Niet is soeter as de minne | A |
| It smackt nog beter als wijn | A |
| Es giebt nichts wie die M dchen | A |
| Es gibt nichts wie das Bier | C |
| Wer liebt nicht alle beide | K |
| Wird gar kein Cavalier | C |
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| O vot ve vant to quickest come | P |
| Ish dat vot's soonest gone | A |
| Dis life ish boot a passin from | P |
| de efer gomin on | A |
| De gloser dat ve looks ad id | K |
| De shmaller it ish grow | C |
| Who goats und spurs mit lofe und wein | A |
| He makes it fastest go | C |
Charles G. Leland
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